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...combination of amiability and intellectual perspective culminated his senior year, with his election as Chairman of the Harvard Undergraduate Council. As Chairman, Craig demonstrated his leadership and communicative ability on both on a campus-wide and national levels. Craig loosened a strict campus with parietal extensions and oversaw the creation of an informal freshman advising system. “He used his leadership of the UC to create a forum, not just addressing student government issues, but also sponsoring things like American policy in Vietnam,” says Hammond. “He used that forum and leadership post...
...Obama administration turns to the difficult tasks of governance and students turn their minds to daily, more immediate concerns, it is our responsibility to make sure that this initial enthusiasm doesn’t dissipate without leaving behind a lasting monument. The creation of a U.S. Public Service Academy can be our generation’s contribution, an institution that embodies our “call to service...
Simultaneously, our generation has shown interest in public service: A 2008 poll by Social Sphere Strategies shows that young people aged 18 to 29 supported the creation of the U.S. Public Service Academy by a margin of more than seven to one. Yet study after study has demonstrated that students are being priced out of public service by expensive undergraduate and graduate educations or turned off by the declining prestige of working in government. A study by the Financial Times, for example, found that even at programs like Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, where...
...service academy: Students who do not apply or attend will still understand the significance inherent in its establishment. By creating an American institution devoted entirely to public service, the government sends the message that public service is important to the country and is a worthy investment. By supporting the creation of the academy, students demonstrate their belief in better government...
...since the inauguration of Andrea R. Flores ’10 and Kia J. McLeod ’10 as president and vice-president last Monday. Daniel V. Kroop ’10, a UC representative who served as the campaign manager for the Flores campaign, said that the creation of the committee represented a fulfilment of one of Flores’ campaign promises. Kroop, who is currently the UC’s communications director, will co-chair the committee along with Amanda Lu ’11, the current public relations director. Lu said that the new committee would...